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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... 5,726. The S&P 500 in the US rose to a fresh record close, led by strong gains in Apple, Facebook and other technology stocks. Locally on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release lending finance figures for March. In equities news, Paladin ...

Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... he highlighted was LCD glass, which is likely to be helped by a weakening Japanese yen. He also backs mature technology stocks in the US such as Microsoft and Cisco which are compelling cheap next to alternatives in the space and benefit from strong ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... looks set to open higher despite Wall Street closing mostly lower after the Federal Reserve warned that some technology stocks appear to be overvalued. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up six points at 5,467. ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... "encouraging" in a market note. Mace Blicksilver, director of Marblehead Asset Management, said the rally in technology stocks was a sign of improving sentiment. Leading tech companies to gain included Apple, up 1.9 per cent, Facebook, up 3.5 per cent ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... Dow and S&P 500 edged to record closing highs for the second day in a row even as the Nasdaq fell on concerns technology stocks are overvalued. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 19.97 points (0.12 per cent) to 16,715.44, while the S&P 500 added ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... pointed to signs of a rebound in China's economy, the world's biggest metals consumer. This and a strong rally in technology stocks that lifted US markets overnight had boosted the Australian share market ahead of the federal government's budget release ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... 5,468. Analysts said there was no obvious catalyst for the US rally, but pointed to a sense in the market that technology stocks had been oversold as investors worried the sector was overvalued. In local economic news on Tuesday, the federal government ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
The Australian market is set to begin the week with a fall after weakness in technology stocks caused a drop on Wall Street at the end of last week. At 0656 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 23 points at 5,507. In ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... equities news is expected on Monday. In Australia, the market on Friday closed sharply lower after a fall in technology stocks on United States markets caused a wider sell-off on Wall Street. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 52.2 points, or 0.95 per ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... Reports are it's about the rotation out of dear (as in expensive not the lovey-dovey one) "momo" (momentum) technology stocks into cheaper "value" stocks with consistent earnings. As Maxwell Smart would say, "good thinking 99". The scary news is that ...